# British First World War cavalry generals

The British First World War cavalry generals, by the end of the war belonged to one of the smallest arms of the British Army, they did however, including those belonging to the British Indian Army, provided some of its highest ranking commanders.
The cavalry were well represented among the British Army's higher ranks, with five of the ten officers who would command the five armies on the Western Front being cavalrymen. In the British Army the term "cavalry" was only used for regular army units. The other mounted regiments in the army, which were part of the Territorial Force reserve, were the yeomanry and special reserve regiments of horse. However the yeomanry formations were commanded by cavalry or ex-cavalry officers.
The two commanders of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War, Field Marshals John French and Douglas Haig, came from the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars and 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars respectively. William Robertson, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, who rose in rank from private to field marshal, was the Quartermaster General, then Chief of Staff of the British Expeditionary Force, before becoming the Chief of the Imperial General Staff in December 1915.
Edmund Allenby, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, who started the war as the commander of the Cavalry Division, went on to command the Cavalry Corps, then V Corps, the Third Army, and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. He was replaced as commander of the Third Army by Julian Byng, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars who had previously commanded the Canadian Corps. Hubert Gough of the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers, known before the war for his involvement in the Curragh incident mutiny, started the war as a brigade commander, became the commander of the I Corps, then the Fifth Army. He was replaced by William Birdwood, 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers, who had previously commanded the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign. Charles Briggs, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, commanded the British Salonika Army. William Peyton, 15th (The King's) Hussars, commanded the Western Desert Force during the Senussi Campaign. He later transferred to the Western Front, where he was temporarily commander of the Fifth Army before taking over command of the X Corps.

## Cavalry generals

Key :
| Rank | Commanded |
| Field-Marshal | Army group |
| General | Army |
| Lieutenant-General | Corps |
| Major-General | Division |
| Brigadier-General | Brigade |
This indicates a member of the British Indian Army  This indicates a member of the Special Reserve or Territorial Force yeomanry
| Name | Rank | Command | Regiment |
| Edmund Allenby | General | Egyptian Expeditionary Force | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Anthony Ashley-Cooper | Brigadier-General | 1st South Western Mounted Brigade | North Irish Horse |
| James Babington | Lieutenant-General | XIV Corps | 16th (The Queen's) Lancers |
| George Baille-Hamilton | Brigadier-General | 41st Brigade | Royal Horse Guards |
| Edward Baird | Brigadier-General | 179th (2/4th London) Brigade | Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars |
| Guy Baldwin | Brigadier-General | Derajat Brigade | 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) |
| Reginald Barnes | Major-General | 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars |
| George Barrow | Major-General | 4th Cavalry Division | 35th Scinde Horse |
| Charles Bates | Brigadier-General | Director of Remounts EEF | Northumberland Hussars |
| Desmond Beale-Brown | Brigadier-General | 2nd Cavalry Brigade | 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers |
| Guy Beatty | Brigadier-General | 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade | 9th Hodson's Horse |
| Lionel Beatty | Brigadier-General | | 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers |
| Charles Beckett | Brigadier-General | 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
| John Bell-Smyth | Brigadier-General | 3rd Cavalry Brigade | 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards |
| Hugh Bethell | Major-General | 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Charles Briggs | Lieutenant-General | British Salonika Army | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Cecil Bingham | Major-General | 1st Cavalry Division | 1st Life Guards |
| William Birdwood | General | Fifth Army | 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers |
| Robert Broadwood | Lieutenant-General | 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division | 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers |
| William Bromley-Davenport | Brigadier-General | 22nd Mounted Brigade | Staffordshire Yeomanry |
| Howard Brown | Brigadier General | South Eastern Mounted Brigade | 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers |
| Robert Browne-Clayton | Brigadier-General | 59th Brigade | South Irish Horse |
| George Bridges | Major-General | 19th (Western) Division | 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Charles Bulkeley-Johnson | Brigadier-General | 8th Cavalry Brigade | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
| Alfred Burt | Brigadier-General | 7th Cavalry Brigade | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| John Burn-Murdoch | Major-General | The Cyclist Division | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Julian Byng | General | Third Army | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars |
| Robert Cassels | Brigadier-General | 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade | 32nd Lancers |
| Alexander Cambridge | Major-General | Head of mission Belgian Army | 2nd Life Guards |
| Charles Campbell | Brigadier-General | 5th Cavalry Brigade | 16th (The Queen's) Lancers |
| David Campbell | Major-General | 21st Division | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| Frederick Cavendish | Brigadier-General | Head of mission French Army | 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers |
| Oswald Chance | Brigadier-General | General Staff officer War Office | 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers |
| Philip Chetwode | Lieutenant-General | XX Corps | 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars |
| Goland Clarke | Brigadier-General | 10th Cavalry Brigade | City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) |
| Bertie Clay | Brigadier-General | 34th Brigade | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| George Cookson | Major-General | 2nd Indian Cavalry Division | 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) |
| Francis Commeline | Brigadier-General | Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) |
| Anthony Courage | Brigadier-General | 2nd Tank Brigade | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| Sydney Crocker | Major-General | Mesopotamia Cavalry Division | 9th Hodson's Horse |
| Frederick Davies | Brigadier-General | 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade | Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides |
| Beauvoir De Lisle | Lieutenant-General | XV Corps | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| FitzJames Edwards | Brigadier-General | 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade | 33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry |
| Raleigh Gilbert Egerton | Lieutenant-General | 14th Indian Division | Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides |
| William Fasken | Brigadier-General | 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade | 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers |
| Hew Fanshawe | Lieutenant-General | V Corps | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
| Bertie Fisher | Brigadier-General | 8th Brigade | 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers |
| Percy FitzGerald | Brigadier-General | 5th Mounted Brigade | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| Simon Fraser | Major-General | 4th Mounted Division | 1st Life Guards |
| John French | Field-Marshal | British Expeditionary Force | 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars |
| Frederick Fryer | Brigadier-General | 22nd Mounted Brigade | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Moreton Gage | Brigadier-General | 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Francis Garratt | Brigadier-General | Director of Remounts BEF | 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) |
| Wilfrith Green | Brigadier-General | 10th Cavalry Brigade | 36th Jacob's Horse |
| Walter Greenly | Major-General | 2nd Cavalry Division | 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars |
| Charles Gregory | Brigadier-General | 11th Cavalry Brigade | 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) |
| Charles Godwin | Brigadier-General | 10th Cavalry Brigade | 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) |
| Hubert Gough | General | Fifth Army | 16th (The Queen's) Lancers |
| Douglas Haig | Field Marshal | British Expeditionary Force | 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers |
| Neil Haig | Brigadier-General | 5th Cavalry Brigade | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Cyril Harbord | Brigadier-General | 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade | 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) |
| Percival Hambro | Major-General | DA&QMG | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| Anthony Harman | Major-General | 3rd Cavalry Division | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| John Hardress-Lloyd | Brigadier-General | 3rd Tank Brigade | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| Maxwell Henderson | Brigadier-General | Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade | 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry |
| Edmund Herbert | Brigadier-General | Welsh Border Mounted Brigade | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Reginald Hoare | Brigadier-General | 229th Brigade | 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Henry Hodgson | Major-General | Australian Mounted Division | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| George Holdsworth | Brigadier-General | Remount Service | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Pomeroy Holland-Prior | Brigadier-General | 6th Indian Cavalry Brigade | 1st Duke of York’s Own Lancers (Skinner’s Horse) |
| Herbert Holman | Major-General | DA&QMG Fourth Army | 16th Cavalry |
| Archibald Home | Brigadier-General | Brigadier-General General Staff | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| William Horwood | Brigadier-General | Provost Marshal BEF | 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers |
| Philip Howell | Brigadier General | General Staff II Corps | 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Richard Howard-Vyse | Brigadier-General | 10th Cavalry Brigade | Royal Horse Guards |
| Havelock Hudson | Major-General | 8th Division | 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) |
| Robert Hutchison | Major-General | Director of Organisation War Office | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| William James | Major-General | Administrative Staff | 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry |
| James Jardine | Brigadier-General | 97th Brigade | 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers |
| Leslie Jones | Major-General | Mesopotamia Cavalry Division | 5th Cavalry |
| Charles Kavanagh | Lieutenant-General | Cavalry Corps | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars |
| Philip Kelly | Brigadier-General | 13th Cavalry Brigade | 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars |
| Paul Kenna | Brigadier-General | 3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade | 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers |
| Alfred Kennedy | Major-General | 4th Cavalry Division | 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars |
| Stuart Kirby | Brigadier-General | 9th Cavalry Brigade | 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) |
| Wyndham Knight | Major-General | Commandant Embarkation India | 4th Cavalry |
| Frederick Lance | Brigadier-General | 7th Mounted Brigade | 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) |
| Herbert Lawrence | Lieutenant-General | Chief of the General Staff BEF | King Edward's Horse |
| Algernon Lawson | Brigadier-General | 2nd Cavalry Brigade | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
| Henry Leader | Lieutenant-General | 1st Indian Cavalry Division | 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) |
| D'Arcy Legard | Brigadier-General | 9th Cavalry Brigade | 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers |
| Malcolm Orme Little | Brigadier-General | 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade | 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers |
| Arthur Lloyd | Brigadier-General | Commander Canal Zone | Shropshire Yeomanry |
| Walter Long | Brigadier-General | 56th Brigade | 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) |
| William Lowe | Brigadier-General | 3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade | 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards |
| Osbert Lumley | Brigadier-General | Inspector of Cavalry | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| Henry Macandrew | Major-General | 5th Cavalry Division | 5th Cavalry |
| Bryan Mahon | Lieutenant-General | Commander-in-Chief, Ireland | 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars |
| Angus McNeill | Brigadier-General | 230th Brigade | 2nd Lovat Scouts |
| Ernest Makins | Brigadier-General | 6th Cavalry Brigade | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Laurence Maxwell | Brigadier-General | 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) |
| Andrew Mcculloch | Brigadier-General | 64th Brigade | 14th (King's) Hussars |
| Alfred Miller | Brigadier-General | DA&QMG | 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) |
| George Milner | Brigadier-General | Lowland Mounted Brigade | 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers |
| Noel Money | Brigadier-General | 159th (Cheshire) Brigade | Shropshire Yeomanry |
| Colquhoun Morrison | Brigadier-General | General Staff | 1st (Royal) Dragoons |
| Richard Mullens | Major-General | 1st Cavalry Division | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| John Nicholson | Brigadier-General | Le Havre Base | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Norman Nickalls | Brigadier-General | 63rd Brigade | 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers |
| Charles Norton | Brigadier-General | 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Edmund O'Brien | Brigadier-General | 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade | 14th (King's) Hussars |
| Reginald O'Bryan Taylor | Brigadier-General | 187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade | 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) |
| Thomas Packenham | Brigadier-General | 2nd (2nd South Midland) Mounted Brigade | 2nd Life Guards |
| Arthur Parker | Brigadier-General | 5th Tank Brigade | 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers |
| Ewing Paterson | Brigadier-General | 6th Cavalry Brigade | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Arthur Peck | Major-General | DA&QMG | 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) |
| William Peyton | Lieutenant-General | Fifth Army | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| Arthur Phayre | Lieutenant-General | 9th (Secunderabad) Division | 3rd Skinner's Horse |
| Ivor Philipps | Major-General | 38th (Welsh) Division | Pembrokeshire Yeomanry |
| Charles Pirie | Major-General | 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade | 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) |
| Duncan Pitcher | Brigadier-General | 1st Brigade Royal Flying Corps | 39th King George's Own Central India Horse |
| Thomas Pitman | Major-General | 2nd Cavalry Division | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| Thomas Pitt | Brigadier-General | 6th Mounted Brigade | 2nd County of London Yeomanry |
| Robert Poore | Brigadier-General | Jhansi Brigade | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Bertram Portal | Brigadier-General | 7th Cavalry Brigade | 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers |
| Charles Rankin | Brigadier-General | 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade | 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Michael Rimington | Lieutenant-General | Indian Cavalry Corps | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Hereward Roberts | Brigadier-General | 4th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade | 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) |
| William Robertson | General | Chief Imperial General Staff | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Claude Rome | Brigadier-General | 8th Mounted Brigade | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| William Rycroft | Major-General | 32nd Division | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| Lionel Sadleir-Jackson | Brigadier-General | 54th Brigade | 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers |
| John Seely | Brigadier-General | Canadian Cavalry Brigade | Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) |
| Horace Sewell | Brigadier-General | 1st Cavalry Brigade | 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars |
| Archibald Seymour | Brigadier-General | 8th Cavalry Brigade | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
| John Shea | Major-General | 60th (2/2nd London) Division | 35th Scinde Horse |
| Walter Smithson | Brigadier-General | 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade | 13th Hussars |
| Oswald Smith-Bingham | Brigadier-General | Inspector General of Cavalry | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Nevill Smyth | Major-General | 59th (2nd North Midland) Division | 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) |
| Robert Smyth | Brigadier-General | 7th Cyclist Brigade | 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers |
| Arthur Solly-Flood | Major-General | 42nd (East Lancashire) Division | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| Edward Spears | Brigadier-General | Liaison officer French GHQ | 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars |
| John Stewart-Murray | Brigadier-General | Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade | Royal Horse Guards |
| Archibald Stirling | Brigadier-General | Highland Mounted Brigade | 2nd Lovat Scouts |
| Frederick Sykes | Major-General | Chief of the Air Staff | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| Harold Tagart | Major-General | DA&QMG | 15th (The King's) Hussars |
| Arthur Taylor | Brigadier-General | 8th Mounted Brigade | 13th Hussars |
| Charles Thompson | Major-General | GOC Sierra Leone | 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards |
| James Turner | Major-General | 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade | 4th Cavalry |
| Julian Tynedale-Biscoe | Brigadier-General | Yeomanry Mounted Brigade | 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars |
| John Vaughan | Major-General | 3rd Cavalry Division | 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars |
| Berkeley Vincent | Brigadier-General | 35th Brigade | 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons |
| Richard Wapshare | Major-General | 4th (Quetta) Division | 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) |
| Frederick Wadeson | Brigadier-General | 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade | 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) |
| Thomas Ward | Brigadier-General | | Denbighshire Hussars |
| William Watson | Major-General | Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade | 39th King George's Own Central India Horse |
| George Weir | Brigadier-General | 84th Brigade | 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards |
| Adrian de Wiart | Brigadier-General | 134th (2/1st Hampshire) Brigade | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
| John Wigan | Brigadier-General | 7th Mounted Brigade | Berkshire Yeomanry |
| Edgar Wiggin | Brigadier-General | 1st (1st South Midland) Mounted Brigade | 13th Hussars |
| Thomas Wight-Boycott | Brigadier-General | 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade | Warwickshire Yeomanry |
| Coventry Williams | Brigadier-General | 22nd Mounted Brigade | 13th Hussars |
| Frank Wormald | Brigadier-General | 5th Cavalry Brigade | 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers |
| Ralph Yorke | Brigadier-General | Western Desert Force | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars |
| George Younghusband | Major-General | 7th (Meerut) Division | Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides |